OSHA Inspection: DONALD JOSEPH BROWN

Issued

2019-12-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3789.00 · Current $3789.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(c)(1)(vi): Industrial truck(s) in use did not meet the applicable requirements of design, construction, stability, inspection, testing, maintenance, and operation, as defined in American National Standards Institute B56.1-1969, Safety Standards for Powered Industrial Trucks.  a). At the worksite  On or about and times prior to July 11, 2019, a Lull Highlander forklift (model: 644B-42) was operated with an inoperable horn, a damaged left fork, and a damaged carriage, thus exposing employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

2019-12-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5304.00 · Current $5304.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.760(a)(1): Each employee engaged in a steel erection activity who is on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge more than 15 feet (4.6 m) above a lower level was not protected from fall hazards by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, positioning device systems, or fall restraint systems.  a). Top of the bleachers  On or about and times prior to July 11, 2019, employees were welding angle iron and metal vertical supports while working from the roof of metal containers and from an aluminum platform located behind the containers without the use of a fall protection system, thus exposing employees to a fall hazard up to approximately 28 feet.

Issued

2019-12-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3789.00 · Current $3789.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(ii): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with a stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge.  a). Below the bleachers  On or about and times prior to July 11, 2019, there were four (4) separate stairways that were not equipped with a stairrail system along each unprotected side, thus exposing employees to a trip and fall hazard.

Issued

2019-12-13 00:00:00

Abate by

2020-01-10 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(5): The employer did not evaluate the competency of the operator who had previously received training appropriate to the truck and working conditions encountered. [Construction Reference: 29 CFR 1926.602(d)]  a). At the worksite - On or about and times prior to July 11, 2019, the employer did not evaluate the competency of employees who operated a Lull Highlander forklift (model: 644B-42), thus exposing employees to a programmatic hazard.